University System News: www.whitehouse.gov Over 350 Campuses Join in the Healthy Campus Challenge https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/11/18/over-350-campuses-join-healthy-campus-challenge BY DENIS MCDONOUGH Summary: Over 350 campuses have committed to making their campus, and their community, healthier by getting individuals enrolled in coverage before open enrollment ends. November 1 marked the beginning of open enrollment, when people can obtain health care […]
Author Archives: shjones
Time to Display your ENROLL NOW YARD SIGN!
It’s time to put out your GHC “Enroll Now” yard signs again so we can make a push for spring semester enrollment. If you did not get a GHC “Enroll Now” yard sign and would like one, please email shjones@highlands.edu or call x6366. If you are able, please participate in this grass roots marketing campaign by displaying a […]
Shop SMILE.AMAZON.COM for the holidays and help GHC!
YOU SHOP. AMAZON GIVES…. TO THE GHC FOUNDATION! Do you shop on amazon.com? then be sure to shop online through HTTP://SMILE.AMAZON.COM/ and the ghc foundation will get a small percentage of your purchase as a donation that will be used for the college and its students! AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, […]
USG eclips for November 16, 2016
University System News: www.ajc.com Two Ga. colleges among country’s top 10 ‘best for vets’ http://www.ajc.com/news/local/two-colleges-among-country-top-best-for-vets/VvEFVWMPhfCSxHdn6v7jLN/ Fiza Pirani The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Independent military news source MilitaryTimes.com recently named a Savannah college and an Atlanta university among the nation’s top 10 best four-year colleges for veterans. Armstrong State University in Savannah and Georgia State University in Atlanta […]
USG eclips for November 17, 2016
University System News: www.barnesville.com Hopkins named chair of USG Board of Regents http://www.barnesville.com/archives/9710-Hopkins-named-chair-of-USG-Board-of-Regents.html Posted by Walter Geiger Dr. Tommy Hopkins of Griffin has been named chairman of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Dr. Hopkins has served the 3rd Congressional District on the board since 2010. His chairmanship is a one-year […]
USG eclips for November 18, 2016
University System News: www.bizjournals.com $1.2 billion UGA campaign kicks off with $30 million Woodruff gift http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2016/11/18/1-2b-uga-campaign-kicks-off-with-30m-woodruff.html?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=6c7623e98c-11_18_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-6c7623e98c-86731974 Maria Saporta Contributing Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle The University of Georgia kicked off its $1.2 billion fundraising campaign Nov. 17 at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, using the occasion to announce the largest single gift it has ever received […]
USG eclips for November 14, 2016
University System News: www.thepostsearchlight.com Bainbridge State College to participate in International Fraud Awareness Week http://www.thepostsearchlight.com/2016/11/11/bainbridge-state-college-to-participate-in-international-fraud-awareness-week/ By Susanne Reynolds Special to The Post-Searchlight Bainbridge State College is proud to be a participant in The University System of Georgia’s (USG) International Fraud Awareness Week, Nov. 13-19, 2016. In support of this effort, BSC will be hosting activities […]
USG eclips for November 11, 2016
University System News: www.albanyherald.com Search starts for Georgia Southwestern State University president A presidential search committee is to be in place by the end of December http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/search-starts-for-georgia-southwestern-state-university-president/article_3d84c186-00bb-5f1d-809a-f26b1ba4589c.html From Staff Reports ATLANTA — The University System of Georgia has launched a nationwide search for a new president for Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus. Board of […]
USG eclips for November 10, 2016
University System News: www.ledger-enquirer.com Columbus State’s newest building to be named after former president http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/education/article113730934.html BY MARK RICE The $27 million project producing Columbus State University’s new home for its College of Education and Health Professions will be named for the former CSU president who started the institution’s expansion explosion resulting in $112 million being […]
USG eclips for November 9, 2016
University System News: www.ajc.com www.ajc.com Georgia State’s $53M Turner Field redevelopment plan approved http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-state-53m-turner-field-redevelopment-plan-approved/7GNOtIxm0xzYwcWVaPf8HL/ Molly Bloom Scott Trubey The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia State University will spend $52.8 million to buy and redevelop Turner Field and nearby properties, with most of the money cobbled together from money saved from bookstore profits, building rentals, student housing payments […]